South Africa’s Pledges to Address Statelessness 2011 2019 South Africa pledged to become party to the 1954 and 1961 UN conventions on statelessness. South Africa’s pledge to Global Refugee Forum in 2019 also signals political will to resolve and prevent statelessness: Although accession to these conventions has not yet taken place, South Africa remains committed to do so.South Africa has also appointed a focal on statelessness in the Department of Home Affairs. “Promoting Civil Registration and related documentation in order to ensure that the South African nationals and refugees in the territory of South Africa are properly documented. In addition, South Africa also pledges to promote civil registration and related documentation across the SADC region to ensure that regional citizens are properly documented to eradicate possibilities of statelessness in the region”